δικαστής, -οῦ, ὁ (δικάζω), [in LXX for שָׁפַט ;] a judge: Act.7:27, 35" (LXX) .† SYN.: κριτής, WH. "gives prominence to the mental process" (Thayer). δ. is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer (LS, see word; Enc. Brit. 11, xii, 504 f.) (AS)
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G1348 — δικαστής
dikastēs · magistrate · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Acts 7:27 · δικαστὴνBut he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?Acts 7:35 · δικαστήν;“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.